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Monique Coleman
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Coleman in February 2011
Born
Adrienne Monique Coleman

(1980-11-13) November 13, 1980 (age 43)
Alma mater DePaul University (BFA)
Occupation Actress
Years active 1995–present
Spouse(s)
Walter Jordan
(m. 2012; div. 2022)

Adrienne Monique Coleman (born November 13, 1980) is an American actress and dancer. She is best known for her role as Taylor McKessie in the High School Musical movies.

Early life and education

Adrienne Monique Coleman was born in Orangeburg, South Carolina. She started her acting career in theater and television at a very young age in Columbia, South Carolina. She currently lives in Los Angeles. Her training began at the Workshop Theater School of Dramatic Arts where she performed in over 15 plays.

Coleman went to Heathwood Hall Episcopal School. Then she attended The Theater School at DePaul University in Chicago, earning her BFA in Acting in 2002.

Career

Coleman's first lead role was in the independent film Mother of the River (1995) directed by Zeinabu irene Davis. Two years later, Coleman appeared as Young Donna in The Family Channel movie The Ditchdigger's Daughter, for which she was nominated for a Young Artists Award of Hollywood. During her sophomore year of high school, Coleman wrote, directed, produced, and starred in a one-person play entitled "Voices from Within." In Chicago, Coleman appeared in stage productions of Noises Off, Polaroid Stories, The Real Thing, and The Colored Museum.

In 2005, Coleman acted alongside James Earl Jones in the Hallmark TV Movie The Reading Room. She received a 2006 CAMIE Award for the role and represented the film at the NAACP Image Awards.

Disney Channel

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Coleman during the High School Musical: The Concert in January 2007

In 2006, Coleman starred in High School Musical, in which she portrayed Taylor McKessie, the best friend of the new girl at school, Gabriella Montez (Vanessa Hudgens). She had previously worked with Disney Channel as a recurring guest star in The Suite Life of Zack & Cody. Coleman also took part in the first Disney Channel Games in 2006. Coleman was also the host of 3 Minute Game Show: High School Musical Edition on Disney Channel. She recorded a song called "Christmas Vacation" for the holiday album entitled A Disney Channel Holiday. In 2007, she appeared in High School Musical 2. In 2008, she again repeated her role as Taylor McKessie in High School Musical 3.

Coleman has had several other guest appearances on television, including Boston Public, Gilmore Girls, Malcolm in the Middle, Strong Medicine, 10-8: Officers on Duty, Married to the Kellys, and Veronica Mars.

Dancing with the Stars

Coleman competed in the Fall 2006 third edition of the reality dance competition show Dancing with the Stars. She was paired with professional partner Louis van Amstel. The pair appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show before they were eliminated from the competition on November 1, 2006. Coleman and van Amstel finished fourth in the competition. She was the final female contestant in that season's competition.

Week Dance / Song Judges' Score Status
Inaba Goodman Tonioli
1 Foxtrot / "Baby Love" – The Supremes 6 6 7 Safe
2 Mambo / "Bop to the Top" – Ashley Tisdale feat. Lucas Grabeel 9 8 9 Safe
3 Jive / "The Heat Is On" – Glenn Frey 9 9 9 Safe
4 Waltz / "If I Were a Painting" – Kenny Rogers 8 8 8 Bottom two
5 Rumba / "So Nice" – Bebel Gilberto 9 9 9 1st Place
6 Samba / "ABC" – The Jackson 5 9 7 7 No Elimination
Due to Sara Evans's withdrawal
7 Quickstep / "Luck Be a Lady" – Frank Sinatra 9 9 9 Bottom two
Paso Doble / "The Reflex" – Duran Duran 9 9 9
8 Tango / "Somebody's Watching Me" – Rockwell 8 8 8 Eliminated
Cha Cha Cha / "Ghostbusters" – Ray Parker Jr. 9 10 10

UN Youth Champion

At a ceremony at UN headquarters in New York, she was presented with a letter of recognition of her new role by Assistant Secretary-General Jomo Kwame Sundaram of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs. In presenting the letter, Mr. Sundaram said Coleman will work "to raise awareness about the challenges young people face and will highlight the positive contribution they make to their communities." Coleman said that receiving the designation of Youth Champion was "beyond an honor" and that she would use her new position to promote global efforts to achieve the anti-poverty Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

Philanthropy

Coleman worked with dosomething.org to produce a "Do Something U" video tutorial. The video targets young activists who need a bit of guidance and inspiration to help them carry out their ideas for their communities to fruition. Coleman's video tutorial focused on teaching youth the best way to utilize social media to spread word of ideas and actions.

Personal life

Coleman married Walter Jordan in February 2012. The couple divorced in February 2022.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1995 Mother of the River Dofimae Short
1997 The Ditchdigger's Daughters Young Donna TV movie
2005 The Reading Room Leesha TV movie
2006 High School Musical Taylor McKessie TV movie
On Line Jessie Short
2007 High School Musical 2 Taylor McKessie TV movie
2008 High School Musical 3: Senior Year Taylor McKessie
Order - Video
2014 Free the ... Roz
2015 Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List Girl-Robin
2016 Distortion Woman Short
2017 We Are Family Elise
The Outdoorsman Jen
2018 Broken Star Annie
2019 I Am Somebody's Child: The Regina Louise Story Ms. Lewis TV movie
Real.Live.Girl Sam Short
2020 Steppin' Back To Love April TV movie
Witness Infection Rose
GraceLand - Short
The Little Death Camille Short
2021 Phobias Natalie
A Christmas Dance Reunion Lucy TV movie
Pawns Veronica Barrett Short
2022 Greed: A Seven Deadly Sins Story Zuri Maxwell TV movie
Give Me an A Megan

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2003 Strong Medicine Tanya 1 episode
2003-04 Boston Public Molly Recurring cast: season 4
2004 Gilmore Girls Andy Episode: "The Nanny and the Professor"
10-8: Officers on Duty Maya Barnes Episode: "Love Don't Love Nobody"
Married to the Kellys Waitress Episode: "Chris And Mary Fight"
Malcolm in the Middle Andrea Episode: "Malcolm Visits College"
Method & Red - Episode: "Kill Bill Volume 3"
2005 Veronica Mars Gabrielle Pollard Episode: "Lord of the Bling"
2005-06 The Suite Life of Zack & Cody Mary Margaret Guest: season 1, recurring cast: season 2
2006 Dancing with the Stars Herself Contestant: Season 3
2008 Million Dollar Password Herself Episode: "Episode #1.5"
2009 Bones Becca Hedgepeth Episode: "The Salt in the Wounds"
2010 The Cleveland Show Fontaisha (voice) Episode: "Our Gang"
2014 Downtown Girls Morgan Episode: "The Inception"
2015 Stitchers Solaris Episode: "Future Tense"
The Fourth Door Lain Main cast
2016 Here We Go Again Kayla Recurring cast
2017 Guidance Katina Howard Recurring cast: season 3
2020 Celebrity Scene Spotlight The Passionate Storyteller Episode: "The Bench Play"
2021 Family Reunion Ebony Episode: “Remember When Jade Thought She Was Grown?”
2023 High School Musical: The Musical: The Series Herself/Taylor McKessie 2 episodes

Music

Awards

  • 19th Annual Young Artist Awards (1996–1997)
Best Performance in a TV MOVIE or FEATURE FILM: Young Ensemble – "Ditchdigger's Daughter"
Best Family TV MOVIE/ PILOT/MINI-SERIES (CABLE) – The Ditchdigger's Daughters, Family Channel
  • Character and Morality in Entertainment Awards (CAMIE) 2006 – The Reading Room
  • Teen Choice Awards 2006 Award for Choice TV Show: Comedy/Musical – High School Musical
  • American Music Award 2007 for High School Musical 2
  • Teen Choice Awards 2009 Award for Choice Movie: Music/Dance – High School Musical
  • Daytime Emmy Awards 2019 : Outstanding Host ( Nominated)

See also

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